I absolutely enjoyed the 12-episode, WAFFy, lighthearted, endearing, low-key, make-me-laugh-out-loud, feel-good fest that is "Taishou Yakyuu Musume" (Taishou Baseball Girls). The light sprinkling of yuri elements was just a bonus. Thank you, TV Tropes, for alerting me to its existence ( Read more... )

Title: Between Yesterdays and Today
Fandom: Mai Otome, anime
Rating: R/NC-17 (explicit sexual situations)
Word Count: ~2900
Featuring: Shizuru Viola, Natsuki Kruger
Disclaimer: SUNRISE's property. My wild imagination.
Summary: Shizura Viola is prepared to fight battles, but in the wake of their victory over Nagi's coup, she finds herself caught in ( Read more... )

Oh god, I've discovered the Shoujo Kakumei Utena tag at pixiv.

Why is so much of it so pretty? Delicious ensemble pics. And cute?! ;_; Argh, we can't pretend this was a happy show!

Too. Many. Lush. Utena. Anthy. Pics. Really. For reals. On and NSFW on. Sigh. Never this happy canonically. Who tops? Neither (NSFW) in defiance of gravity!

Even ( Read more... )

I've been thinking about Mai-Otome. (The anime, not the manga, two completely separate beasts.) This was due to a series of unfortunate events that I can actually pretty clearly trace: Reading fanfic for nostalgic old RPGs → thinking about FF7 → being piqued by an Aeris & Tifa cosplaying secret at fandom secrets that spurred discussion about the ( Read more... )

Episode 4: The Voice in the Night:

Wha--? Who? Why? I mean . . . what? I get where the plot is going and I'm glad to see that Korra is getting cut down now in order to be built up as someone stronger and wiser, but . . . what was that she saw just at the end of the episode?

In other news, I like Asami Sato. But, as whoaheyyou's help pointed out, how could ( Read more... )

I've been reading Lililicious' scanlations of Aoi Hana (Sweet Blue Flowers) by Shimura Takako for quite some time now. Perhaps not as early as 2006, when they started releasing scans for it (though it's possible!), but the series itself is published once every two months. Actually, if I started reading it back in 2006 or 2007, it would make sense ( Read more... )

My new big project is to retroactively tag all my "SNSD"-tagged entries to be more search friendly. I think. We'll see. I have . . . a lot of freakin' "SNSD" posts. And I'm already hesitating to add this or that tag. *facepalm* (ROFL, I found the post where I started luring JKO to the dark side . . .)

AND WHAT IS THIS?!: Ex-MoMusu Ogawa Makoto on ( Read more... )

That must mean they're eeeeevil. Or awesome.

I wish there was more Crest of the Stars/Banner of the Stars to watch (hee, TV Tropes page). I realize now that I didn't properly watch Banner of the Stars until now, but it's probably for the best since I probably wouldn't have appreciated the depth of character, imagination, and complexity that ( Read more... )

Oh. My. God.

"On July 7, 2009, Yoko Kanno herself performed as Gabriela Robin on her stage and the rumor proved to be true." - wiki's Yoko Kanno page"As many fans would have known by now, Kanno has indirectly admitted that she is Gabriela Robin during the July 7, 2009 Superdimensional Tanabata Sonic concert, where she personally sang "Moon" in ( Read more... )

TV Tropes really has kicked off a "let's revisit old anime!" desire.

( Lain revisited in full; Kino no Tabi, Vampire Princess Miyu, Revolutionary Girl Utena D: )